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Tips/Techniques CX601 Mill - Quill DRO

Tips/Techniques

Joe Kirby

Member
Finished my mods on the CX601mill existing quill DRO. I thought the existing DRO was hard to see (no backlight) and I wanted to sum the quill movement with the Z axis and display it on my DRO tablet. There didn't seem to be any way to output the signal from the existing PC board so thought I'd add a mag tape to the back of the DRO measuring bar and mount another sensor on a 3d printed back plate replacing the existing steel one. The cable routes easily through the headstock. All seems to work well and both DRO's work simultaneously.

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Original DRO on the machine

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Existing DRO taken apart. Steel backplate on right.

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Original steel backplate and new 3d printed backplate and sensor mount

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Revised DRO assembly ready to install
 
@Joe Kirby I have one of these on the way and am planning a DRO with TouchDRO.
Would really appreciate the stl for this clever mod!
 
Hi David,
Sure you can have a copy of the .stl. Just a couple of things when you build it.
There is a pointed 3mm grubscrew that holds the phosphor bronze spring from sliding out. The threaded hole in the bracket will probably require tapping out. Use the bracket as a guide when sticking the mag tape in place - it isn't centered on the bar.
 
Hi David,
Sure you can have a copy of the .stl. Just a couple of things when you build it.
There is a pointed 3mm grubscrew that holds the phosphor bronze spring from sliding out. The threaded hole in the bracket will probably require tapping out. Use the bracket as a guide when sticking the mag tape in place - it isn't centered on the bar.
Thanks Joe, I think you can send stls via PM
 
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